Crags with the best views
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So I just got back from Acadia National park. a group of us went up there for the climbing, which was decent, but it was more about the setting. its truly beautiful up there, being able to climb over the ocean and all the amazing views. |
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Lumpy Ridge |
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+1 to Lumpy Ridge |
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Like you said, lots of places have great views once you're on top or up a few pitches. Northeastern cragging destinations which come to mind as having great views even if you're just standing at the base belaying: |
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Cactus Cliff - Shelf Road (Colorado) |
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Black Canyon-- you get views of what you have to go through if you fail. |
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Long Canyon in Moab is pretty spectacular. You get to see the Needles district of canyon lands laid out at the end of a massive canyon, all while climbing 3-4 star splitters. |
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+1 for Long Canyon |
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I wasn't a rock climber while I was there but some of the most beautiful areas I have seen were in malawi. I took some random pictures while I was there but nothing that really captures the beauty of some of the areas I was at in the country. |
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People say that Camelback here in Phoenix is just a bunch of chossy petrified mud, but sometimes the view on the approach makes up for it. It sure is amazing what women wear for hiking here in the heat... A couple of eye patches, shoes and a bottle of water and they're off!!! |
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Summit of Yellow Spur in Eldorado Canyon is probably the coolest place I've ever belayed. |
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The Grand Canyon has pretty awesome views while climbing. Also, though I've never been, it looks like The Verdon Gorge in France might have some good ones! |
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Great stuff so far! I've been eyeballing some north Carolina stuff but haven't made it down there yet. For what it's worth I can sport climb a 10 and I'm still wet behind the ears for trad and I'm pushing 6,7,8 |
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No matter what you're doing Squamish is pretty amazing... and the climbing isn't bad either. |
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MaxSuffering wrote:(Someone want to chime in with some VT areas?) It goes without saying that some of these are a long way from the road and require substantial hiking to get to.Oh yeah. Smuggler's Notch - Elephant's Head or Quartz Crack Bone Mountain - A clear day will let you see NH and NY Bristol Cliffs (ice) - A late day gives you an Adirondack sunset. What more could you ask for. |
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Brent Apgar wrote:No matter what you're doing Squamish is pretty amazing... and the climbing isn't bad either.Finally someone said Squampton! |
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For East Coast..... |
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eagle lake buttress, Tahoe, CA |
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